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each other and how the existence of one is impossible 

 without the other, so co-related are they : — 

 An animal is an apparatus of 



combustion or oxidation 

 Possesses the faculty of locomotion 

 Burns Carbon 



„ Hydrogen 



„ Ammonium 

 Exhales Carbonic acid 



„ Water 



„ Oxide of Ammonium 



„ Nitrogen 

 Consumes Oxygen 



„ Neutral nitrogenous 



matter 



„ Fatty matter 



„ Amylaceous matters 



(starches) 



„ Gums and sugar 



Produces Heat 



„ Electricity 



Restores its elements to air and earth 

 Transforms organised into mineral 



matter. 



In short the atoms of the elements are in a state of per- 

 petual change from animal to vegetable and back again 

 from vegetable to animal. It is a marvellous arrange- 

 ment. 



The genius of England's great poet soared high indeed 

 into the realms of advanced physical science, but probably 

 unknowingly, when he makes Hamlet say : — 



Imperial Csesar, dead, and turned to clay, 

 Might stop a hole to keep the wind away. 



And one has no doubt that some of the atoms that have 

 kept the world in awe have come to serve the useful 

 purpose of patching walls to expel the winter's flaw. 

 So also in Scene III A6t IV of the same play, Hamlet 



A vegetable is an apparatus of 

 reduction or deoxidation 

 Is fixed 

 Reduces Carbon 



„ Hydrogen 



„ Ammonium 



Fixes Carbonic acid 



„ Water 



„ Oxide of Ammonium 



„ Nitrogen 

 Produces Oxygen 



„ Neutral nitrogenous 



matter 



„ Fatty matter 



„ Amylaceous matters 



„ Gums and sugars 



Absorbs Heat 



„ Electricity 



Derives its elements from air and 



earth 

 Transforms mineral into organised 



matter. 



